Posts Tagged ‘ The Bronze ’

Vietnam jumps to second at SEA Games 

November 19, 2011
Vietnam jumps to second at SEA Games 

  Vietnamese athletes earned 12 gold medals at the SEA Games on Wednesday, raising the total to 56 golds and jumping to second place behind hosts Indonesia. The 12 gold medals on Wednesday came in swimming, billiards, vovinam, free style wrestling, shooting, chess and rowing. Billiards player Ma Minh Cam closed the day with a [...]

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Vietnam finishes Asian Games in 24th spot 

November 30, 2010
Vietnam finishes Asian Games in 24th spot 

  Vietnam finished out the 2010 Asian Games last Saturday in China with one gold, 17 silver and 15 bronze medals. The only gold medal was won the martial artist Le Bich Phuong in the women karatedo’s under-55 kilogram category. Vietnam failed to reach the goal of winning 4-6 gold medals to be among the [...]

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Women win first track-and-field medals at Asian Games 

November 30, 2010
Women win first track-and-field medals at Asian Games 

Truong Thanh Hang celebrates after winning silver in the women's 1,500m final on November 23. Female athletes Truong Thanh Hang and Vu Thi Huong won the Vietnam’s first ever silver and bronze medals at Asian Games for track-and-field events. Southeast Asian 1,500m and 800m champion Truong Thanh Hang took the silver medal in the women’s [...]

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Phuong takes first gold for Vietnam 

November 30, 2010
Phuong takes first gold for Vietnam 

  Le Bich Phuong beat World Champion Kobayashi Miki in the women’s 55kg Karatedo finals, on Thursday. Her victory represent’s Vietnam’s first gold medal at the Asian Games 2010 in Guangzhou, China. The Vietnamese martial artist sailed through the previous rounds before defeating her Japanese rival, Kobayashi, 4-3. Also in the Karatedo event, martial artist [...]

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Vietnam takes silver in team rowing contest 

November 27, 2010
Vietnam takes silver in team rowing contest 

  Vietnam won the silver medal in the four-women, two-oar rowing category on Friday morning at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. The women’s team (Dang Thi Tham, Dang Thi Hanh, Nguyen Thi Huu and Tran Thi Sam) came in second behind China. Iran came in third to take the bronze. Earlier on Thursday, [...]

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Huong takes bronze in women’s 100m at Asian Games 

November 26, 2010
Huong takes bronze in women’s 100m at Asian Games 

  Vietnam’s sprint queen Vu Thi Huong won the bronze medal in the women’s 100 meter race at the 16th Asian Games 2010 in Guangzhou, China on Monday. Huong, Southeast Asian champion in the 100m and 200m categories, finished Third—11 seconds 43 behind champion Fukushima Chisato of Japan (11 seconds 33) and silver medalist Khubbieva [...]

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Vietnam, India A checkmate titles at Asian Chess Championships

January 1, 2010
Vietnam, India A checkmate titles at Asian Chess Championships

Vietnam won the women’s gold medal while India A grabbed the men’s gold medal at the Asian Chess Championships on Monday. Vietnamese women Le Thanh Tu, Pham Le Thao Nguyen, Nguyen Thi Thanh An and Nguyen Thi Mai Hung beat Nepal 4-0 in the final round of the contest to earn the gold with a [...]

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Finswimmers sink records

December 16, 2009
Finswimmers sink records

LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese athletes dominated on the opening day of the finswimming at the SEA Games, held at Aquatics Sport Centre yesterday, December 15. Pool winner: Nguyen Trung Kien smiles after winning a gold medal and setting a record of 38.07sec in the men’s 100m surface event. Kien and his teammates scored four golds which [...]

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Huyen sets new SEA Games decathlon record

December 15, 2009
Huyen sets new SEA Games decathlon record

LookAtVietnam – Vu Van Huyen defended his title and set a new Southeast Asian Games record in the men’s decathlon event yesterday in Vientiane. Huyen topped the podium for the third time with 7,558 points, enough for him to topple the record for the second time in an event he has dominated for years in [...]

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Viet breaks breaststroke record

December 14, 2009
Viet breaks breaststroke record

LookAtVietnam – Olympian Nguyen Huu Viet set a new Southeast Asian Games record in the men’s 100m breaststroke at the National Sport Complex Aquatic Centre Friday.Viet clocked in 1:01.6 to surpass the old record and secure a gold medal for Viet Nam.Indra Gunawan of Indonesia, who broke the SEA Games record during yesterday morning’s qualifications [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...